Kington
Kington is a market town, selecting ward and civil church in Herefordshire, England. According to the Parish, the ward had a population of 3,240 while the 2011 census had a population of 2,626. The name 'Kington' is originated from King's-ton, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", similar to various other neighboring communities such as Presteigne meaning "Priest's Town" as well as Knighton being "Knight's Town". Kington is to the west of Offa's Dyke so probably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, yet devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington after that passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I provided Kington to Adam de Port, who started a brand-new Marcher barony in this part of the early Welsh Marches. Kington seems to have been a peaceful barony as well as was associated with the workplace of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, probably the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and left the nation. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, just to run away from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the fantastic mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown as well as became an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being provided to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle after that saw activity in the Braose Wars against King John of England and was most likely to have been destroyed by royal forces in August 1216. Within a few years a new fortress was commenced as well as the close-by Huntington Castle as well as Kington Castle were deserted. All that stays of Kington Castle today is a great outcrop of rock covered by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and also Norman church on top of a protective hillside above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, situated on greater ground over the community centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name definition Kings Town or Manor, high up on the hill above the community where St. Mary's Church currently stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was outlined in between 1175 as well as 1230 on land bordering the River Arrow and also perhaps marked as part of the Saxon open area system. Situated on the direct route the drovers took from Hergest Ridge as well as with eight yearly fairs, Kington grew in value as a market town and also there is still a thriving animals market on Thursdays. The town preserves the middle ages grid pattern of streets and back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan of nearby Hergest Court, slaughtered at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and also his better half, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and also that of the Black Dog of Hergest are said to haunt the location around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's discovery reputedly presages fatality. It is additionally rumoured to have actually been the model for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have actually remained at nearby Hergest Hall quickly before he composed the novel.